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Genshin Impacthas built itself a reputation for being a fairly casual game with accessible difficulty levels. While this is true for matters like exploration and regular combat, there are also some considerable challenges to be found. Trounce Domains, for instance, invite you to relive your memories battling Teyvat’s most powerful foes.
The Realm of Beginnings is a Trounce Domain that is part of the Quest Line Sapientia Oromasdis Chapter: Act Two - Homecoming, Nahida’s second Story Quest. Take on the challenge of ‘They’ Too Were Once Flawless in this domain. Confront the Guardian of Apep’s Oasis and other foes for a chance to earn plentiful rewards, including coveted Weekly Boss Drops to level up your character talents.
Where To Find The Realm Of Beginnings
This Domain is found in anunderground cave in the Desert of Hadramaveth. More specifically, it is locatednorthwest, towards Gavireh Lajavard.
A quest marker will help you find your wayaround the first time you need to access it, as getting there is key toNahida’s Story Quest’s climax.
Finding the cave is easier than the average Sumeru Desert cave. All you need to do is head northwest through theDesert of Hadramaveth, until you’ve pretty muchleft the area.
Be mindfulnot to attempt to crossthrough the massivesandstorm in the middle of this area, as it will make it harder to find your way through.
you’re able to access the cave throughtwo entrances in total, one on the northeast side, and one on the west. Each isrelatively near a Teleport Waypoint, though these are high up and you willonly find the cave entrances if you are at ground level.
The first one isas easy as dropping down from the Teleport Waypoint west of The Sands of Three Canals. The cave entrance iswest of that spot, andyou will only encounter an Eremite on the way in, sothis is a hassle-free route.
There are some Vultures herethat will try to attack you, butyou do not have to engage. If you keep walking, theywill not chase too far after you.
The second entrance is near the Teleport Waypoint up north. Head towardsthe fork that is just a little ways aheadwhen you go west. You should seesome Hilichurls and a Mitachurlat the cave entrance. You willarrive if you follow that pathfurther in.
The domain isa little further away if you go through this entrance, but not by much.
How To Defeat Memories: “They” Too Were Once Flawless
This challengehas three phases that you need to clearto be able to claim your rewards. You mustdefeat the Guardian of Apep’s Oasis in two different forms, as well as defeatsome hordes of smaller, corrupted foeswhile you try to protect theHeart of Oasisin the middle of the Domainso it becomes successfully purified.
Phase One
The first phase of the challenge is a one-on-one fight against the Guardian of Apep’s Oasisin a weakened state. Although it is not at full strength, it is stillcapable of causing a lot of damage. Its attacks consist of:
Description
Emerging Strike
This is the first attack it will perform. As soon as you enter the site,the Guardian submerges into the ground, swimming over to the nearest character andlaunching out from underneath them. It will immediately perform amassive swipe with both of its front limbs, causing Physical DMG.
Body Sweep
Spins once over itself to swipe over a large area with its body, dealing Physical DMG on hit.
4-Part Combo
The Guardianattacks in a sequence, performing a swipe with its front limb, a body sweep, a big slam forward, and finally, another sweep. Each attack will deal Physical DMG on hit.
Remote Crusher
Submerges four limbs into the groundthat will reemerge in the location of the nearest character,slamming down over the surrounding areaand dealing Physical DMG on hit. This attack iseasily dodged as the AoE markers appear on the ground beforethe attack can hit.
Triple Slam
Taking the center of the Arena, the Guardian will franticallyjump up and slam down, causing ghostly, spiky orbs to appear andwildly flail around in all directions. If a character gets hit by an orb, they will take Physical DMG.
Tail Sweep
Performs a “back and forth” sweep with its tailfor a total of two hits, dealing Physical DMG. This attackonly occurs when the character is behindthe Guardian.
Phase Two
During the second phase, the Guardian will leave the Arena andthe Fire Seed (Heart of Oasis) will drop from the ceilinginto the middle of the ground.The purification process will begin, which will attract many corrupted,smaller foes you will need to deal within waves to clear this part of the challenge.
According to the Ley Line Disorder, purification will increase as thewaves of monsters are cleared, and it willdecrease when the Heart of Oasis is attacked.
There are six different types of enemies, also known as Proliferating Organisms. They willspawn at random, and each one has aspecific function. Their attacks are as follows:
Move and Function
Preliminary Proliferating Organism
Deals a melee striketo inflict physical DMG andslow down the purification process.
Launches a small orb to deal Dendro DMGand slow down the purification process.
Protective Proliferating Organism
Generates a Dendro shieldthat will grant all nearby organisms DMG immunity.The shield refreshes every 0.5 secondsuntil the organism is defeated.
Pernicious Proliferating Organism
Quickly rolls to the Heart of Oasis and explodes, significantly slowing the purification process. However, if it is defeated before then,it will regenerate energy for party members.
Predatory Proliferating Organism
Consumes nearby Preliminary Proliferating Organismsto enter an enhanced state in which it can quicklychase after a character while bitingup to eight times.
Provender Proliferating Organism
Buffs up to three nearby Preliminary Proliferating Organisms, increasing its DMG and interruption resistance.Defeat the buffed Preliminary Proliferating Organisms to lower its HP.
Perch Proliferating Organism
Spawns barriers around the characterto limit mobility. It doesn’t deal any DMG.
Phase Three
Clearing phase two will cause the Guardian of Apep’s Oasis to reappear, this time at full strength as it has been “revived.” Its appearance will be different; it will look less scorched and corrupted. Most of its attacks will also bedifferent from its phase one attacks. The moves it can perform are as follows:
This is the first attack it will perform. As soon as it reappears,the Guardian submerges into the groundand swims over to the nearest character tolaunch out from underneath them. It will immediately perform amassive swipe with both of its front limbs, causing Physical DMG.
Triple Airstrike
Marks an area in the groundand summons forth Dendro energyto strike in that spot three consecutive times.This attack causes Dendro DMG.
Helix Shower
Spawns a lot of double helix-shaped projectilesand fires them at the character, dealingDendro DMG on hit.
Double Swipe
This is a close range attack. The Guardian willswipe its body twice, dealing Physical DMG on hit.
Aftershocks of the Apocalypse
In the center of the arena, the Guardian will jumpup and down in rapid succession, creating an area around it to beaffected by Dendro. This areawill cause Dendro DoT. The guardian will alsomark three spots and form three Shields of Revival’s Hymn. When a character gets inside, they canavoid a fatal attack from the Aftershocks of the Apocalypse.
All Challenge Rewards
Trounce Domains have a cost of 30Original Resinto claim rewards for thefirst three timesyou complete challenges. Theregular cost is 60 Original Resinotherwise.
It isonly possible to claim rewards once a week per domain. Any subsequent challenges will not allow you to claim rewards from the Ley Line Blossom.
Completing challenges willgive you a chance to obtain someof the following rewards:
Challenge rewards will be dependent on the challenge level; the higher the level, the higher the potential to claim better rewards.These rewards are also random.
